The Dark Descent of Frictional Games: Part One
In the first of a two part opinion series, we will explore how the Penumbra games through a process of gradual evolution created a solid design template for later Frictional Games titles to follow.
Category: Survival
This War Of Mine Survival Game Preview Video, Looks Stylish & Awesome
A fellow on youtube dubbed "Quill18" ran a rather long preview video of the new wartime survival game 'This War of Mine' from the Anomaly studio 11 bit.
Survival Game Rust Now Using The Experimental Branch By Default
The developers behind the hit survival game Rust have been hard at work on their next-generation branch and it is now the default. It brings a lot of changes with it.
Pathologic Remake Plans For Day 1 Linux Support, Now On Kickstarter
Pathologic is a plot-driven survival open-world adventure game now on Kickstarter, but it's much more than that.
Starbound Development Is Very Healthy & Isn't Going Anywhere
With all the doom and gloom recently about games here's a nice one. The head of Chucklefish has created a blog post about how healthy Starbound is and will continue to be.
Another World Now Available for Linux, Plus Cheese's Thoughts And Some Words From Icculus
Eric Chahi's renowned cinematic platformer makes its Linux debut. Read inside for details, plus some quotes from Linux porter Ryan C. Gordon.
Terraria Officially Confirmed To Be In Development For Linux, Finally!
Even though it seemed likely from a developer tweeting a screenshot of Terraria on Linux there was never an official confirmation. Until now that is! The developers are now confident enough to confirm it.
DayZ Creator Expresses Interest In A Linux Port Again
Dean Hall the creator of DayZ originally mentioned on reddit his interest in getting a Linux version, and he was also caught on video mentioning it at PAX.
7 Days To Die Looks Like It May Arrive On Linux Soon (UPDATED)
7 Days To Die has been a bit of an up and down saga for Linux, but with new information it may finally come soon. UPDATED.
This War Of Mine From 11 Bit Studios To Be On Linux At Launch
This War Of Mine from Anomaly developers 11 Bit has been confirmed to be on Linux from the launch. Good news everyone!
Minecraft 1.8 Released, Includes Masses Of Changes
Minecraft 1.8 has officially just been released and with it comes maaaaany changes you need to be aware of.
DayZ Looks Like It Will Come To Linux In Future
DayZ is the massively popular open world zombie survival game that re-started the genre for a lot of people, and it looks like the developer wants to bring it to Linux.
Yarr! Pixel Piracy Hits The Big 1.0 Release
Pixel Piracy is not anything to do with piracy, so they may be a let down for some of you. It's actually a rather fun game about little pirate's and building your own pirate ship! Now where's me rum?
Darkwood Arrives To Scare Linux Gamers
Darkwood is an interesting take on the horror and survival genre with a top down perspective and a really dark setting.
Terraria Moves Even Closer To A Linux Release
You may remember we did an article recently about the developers of Terraria looking into a Linux port, but it wasn't 100%. Well I think we can call it close too 100% now...
The Long Dark A Post-digital Survival Game To Be On Linux At Launch
The Long Dark promises to be an interesting take on the survival game genre with an "original" art style. It does look pretty good, and the final version will be on Linux.
A Linux Port Of Terraria Will Soon Be Looked At, Hooray
Terraria a very popular 2D sandbox game is alive once again thanks to a renewed push from developers, and in a recent update they noted Linux will be looking into after Mac (and Mac looks close).
Don't Starve Together Teaser Release
Don't Starve Together is the eagerly anticipated multiplayer expansion for Don't Starve, a game that has been screaming out for a multiplayer since day one. There is now a very early teaser.
Contagion Source Engine Based Survival FPS Linux Port In Progress
After the last update from the guys at Contagion it looked like they were in for a long wait on getting answers from Valve. It seems Valve has been giving them a hand now and the Linux port is in progress.
Darkwood Survival Horror Game Delayed, Linux Will Now Get Day 1 Support
Darkwood is the great looking top down procedurally generated survival/horror game that is coming to Steam's Early Access and now luckily with day 1 support of Linux.